The Do 217 was hit by return fire when it at 04:09 hours claimed Lancaster R5628
over the North Sea 10 kilometres southwest of Thyborön. Pilot Unteroffizier
Fritz Hobusch set course towards Fliegerhorst Grove but only managed to keep the
Do 217 flying for another 12 minutes. Just when it had crossed Venø Bay it was
necessary for the crew to leave it by parachute. The aircraft crashed in a field
belonging to Landting Hovedgaard farm near Vinderup and was a 100% loss.

One flyer landed near Hasselholt and borrowed a telephone at Farmer Christian
Skovs place. He called the local police and asked to be picked up as he had hurt
his back upon landing. Constable Karlov picked him up in a car and took him to
Doctor Helms in Vinderup who ordered the flyer taken to the hospital. The flyer
however wanted to be taken to the crash site, and taken from there by German
ambulance to Grove.
Soon after, Doctor Helms received a call from Farmer Christian Mortensen of
Hasselholt who asked the doctor to treat a German flyer that had landed nearby
and had damaged a leg during landing. The doctor picked the flyer up and took
him to the crash site after examining the leg.
The third flyer landed near the farm of Farmer Johannes Nielsen of Hasselholt.
He was unhurt and was taken by horse carriage to the police station by the
farmer’s son Villads.

It is known that Pilot Unteroffizier Fritz Hobusch and Wop Unteroffizier Walter
Günter were both injured, while the name of the unharmed crew member is not
known.